Queen Mary is proud to be a part ofthe International Baccalaureate program

After a nearly 4 year journey, in June 2015 Queen Mary finally became an authorized International Baccalaureate (IB) World School for administrating the Primary Years Programme (PYP)!

Queen Mary's PYP is provided to all students from kindergarten through grade 7. After completing grade 7 at Queen Mary, students can advance to the IB Middle Years Programme (grades 8-10) at Carson Graham Secondary School. They will also have the opportunity of applying to the IB Diploma (grades 11-12) or Career-Related Programmes at Carson Graham. For more information about the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) and its programmes, visit www.ibo.orgor see below under Materials from the IBO.

Presentations from parent evenings

​PAC will post copies of the IB information presented at various Parent Evenings. This will include those talks conducted at our sister IB school, Capilano Elementary.

Please contact Jennifer Aragon, the PYP Coordinator, with any questions about the material content or if you are interested in participating on the IB Joint Committee.

Materials from Queen Mary

For information specific to Queen Mary's PYP, please visit the school's website here. Below are additional documents created by PAC with Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about the IB Programme in general, and more specifically about PYP:

Materials from nvsd

These documents were also compiled by PAC specifically for families with students at one of the three IB World Schools in the North Vancouver School District - Capilano Elementary, Carson Graham Secondary and Queen Mary.

All IB programmes work to foster ten key attributes in its students; IB learners strive to be inquirers, knowledgable, thinkers, communicators, principled, open-minded, caring, risk takers, balanced, reflective. You will hear these again and again, so get a copy here and keep it handy:

What is the PYP?There is a great video "The PYP in Practice" featuring our sister IB school, Capilano Elementary. This is highly recommended - it is very informative and takes just 5 minutes to watch!

Other information

Video of Kath Murdoch's talk, "The power of ummmm..." This is a TEDx Talk that took place in West Vancouver; its focus is about the power of curiosity and the importance of nuturing it in our classrooms. What are you wondering?